Boston Herald

But couldn’t you call this a crime of passion!?

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A man who connected with a woman on an online dating site took a bus from Montreal to Barrie, Ontario, after arranging to meet her in person. When she didn’t show, he called 911 and angrily demanded that the police track her down and find out why she stood him up. The dispatcher informed him that this is not the job of law-enforcemen­t personnel.

HEY, I’M A SAFE DRIVER! HOW DARE YOU FAIL ME! … A woman taking her driving test in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, was failed when she hit a traffic cone. In response, she tried to run over her driving instructor when he got out of her car. She then drove away. Police are looking for her.

NOW I JUST FEEL SILLY … A burglar dressed in camouflage broke into the restaurant in Slidell, La., where he used to work, when he realized that he had forgotten the mask he needed to hide his identity from the surveillan­ce cameras. So he put a bucket over his head. The cameras caught glimpses of his face when he raised the bucket so he could see. He was arrested.

TRY SHOCKING ME AGAIN, PUNK! … A man tried to rob a convenienc­e store in Tallahasse­e, Fla., with a cattle prod that he used to shock the clerk. Then the clerk pulled a gun. Robbery done.

YOU KNOW, I WAS STARTING TO WONDER IF THIS COULD BE A TRAP … An undercover police detective set up a sting operation and lured a prostitute from Portland to Salem, Ore., with a promise of money for sex. The 20-year-old woman fell for it even though the location she was directed to was an unmarked door next to the public entrance of the Salem Police Department. She had to walk across the department’s courtyard and past several police officers to get to the door where she found several detectives waiting to arrest her.

OK, I KNOW HOW THIS MUST LOOK, OFFICER … A man was arrested for drunken driving after he fell asleep at the wheel at a gas station in Adelaide, Australia. He was still unconsciou­s and holding a container of bourbon when the police showed up and knocked on his window to wake him up.

GLAD TO HEAR EVERYTHING’S GOING SO WELL, SWEETIE … A woman was chatting by email with her fiance at the company where they work in Aberdeen, Scotland, about how delighted she is with their sex life. Over the course of the morning, they exchanged several intimate messages. But when she put out a general notice that the sandwich truck had arrived, she accidental­ly included her entire conversati­on with her fiance, and it was sent to all of their co-workers.

MESS WITH ME, WILL YOU!? … After she saw unkind remarks about herself posted by another teenager on Facebook, a 16-yearold girl got into a pickup truck, drove 60 miles from Monticello to LaPorte, Ind., to confront her rival. She pulled up to the other girl’s house and kicked her when she came outside.

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